Lot Essay
Compare to a similar form of multi-drawered ink box illustrated in Qing legacies, the Sumptuous Art of Imperial Packaging, Macau, 2000, no.22.
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CHINE, FIN DE LA DYNASTIE QING (1644-1911)
Details
COFFRET EN BOIS DE SEIZE PAINS D'ENCRE, MO YUAN CUI ZHEN
CHINE, FIN DE LA DYNASTIE QING (1644-1911)
The box is applied with two metal handles and fitted with four drawers that each contain four rectangular inkcakes decorated with figures, chilong, flowers, pine trees and poetic inscriptions. Two of the inkcakes are dated to the year yichou of the Guangxu period (1875-1908), corresponding to the year 1889.
The box 4 in. (10 cm.) high
CHINE, FIN DE LA DYNASTIE QING (1644-1911)
The box is applied with two metal handles and fitted with four drawers that each contain four rectangular inkcakes decorated with figures, chilong, flowers, pine trees and poetic inscriptions. Two of the inkcakes are dated to the year yichou of the Guangxu period (1875-1908), corresponding to the year 1889.
The box 4 in. (10 cm.) high
Provenance
Collection of Doctor Jean Augustin Bussière (1872-1958), France
Further details
A WOOD BOX OF SIXTEEN INK CAKES, MO YUAN CUI ZHEN
CHINA, LATE QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
CHINA, LATE QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
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